Metro Theater, San Francisco, CA - East Mural Restoration

One of two Heinzbergen murals, facing each other mirror image, as seen after the theater has be closed for a few years. During the Theater conversion the murals were to remain, to be restored. Ceiling and floor were taken out, and 4 new floor were built in. 

Cleaning test with conservation sponges/erasers.

After demolition of floors and ceiling

Detail - East mural

Mural after cleaning, in-painting and varnishing. The cleaning revealed that the figures were painted on canvases, and that they had been varnished

East Mural after cleaning. The 3rd and top floor have been built out around the murals.

It was decided, to visually blend two doorways, not part of the historic; the plaster on the edges was cleaned up, primed, painted with a hand matched mural color, and the canvas figure was completed with an additional piece. - During repair

                  

After repair